The surname Magallanes
A Spanish surname, carried by 8,852 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M245
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Magallanes, from Portuguese Magalhães. The places are named after Ferdinand Magellan (Spanish: Fernando de Magallanes)
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,852 people named Magallanes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,879 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,294.
Who is named Magallanes
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Magallanes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.8%
- Two or more races 0.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Magallanes has the Soundex code M245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M245.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Magallanes come from?
- From Spanish Magallanes, from Portuguese Magalhães. The places are named after Ferdinand Magellan (Spanish: Fernando de Magallanes)
- How common is the surname Magallanes?
- 8,852 people in the United States had the surname Magallanes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,879 Americans. It ranked 4,012th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Magallanes?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Magallanes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Magallanes getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,852 in 2010, up 41%.